Personnel Preparation Programs

Search our Personnel Preparation Programs database to find community colleges, four-year colleges and universities, school districts or regional resource centers that will prepare you to work with infants, children and youth with disabilities and their families.

There are over 1400 personnel preparation programs in the database. You can search for programs by state, degree desired, type of career/certification and age of students you will eventually serve. Select as many search terms as you wish and then click the "Search" button.

Programs that offer tuition assistance are funded by the US DOE Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). To find ONLY those programs funded by OSEP be sure and click on the ‘OSEP’ box at the bottom of the page.

Although PIC only has preparation programs in the related services category supported by OSEP in our database, the following list has links to other related services organizations' personnel preparation databases.

Special Education - Classroom Teacher (working with students with various disabilities in self-contained or resource room settings)

Special Education - Collaborative / Inclusion Teacher (consults and / or co-teaches with general classroom teacher)

Speech / Language Pathologist

Vocational Special Education Teacher

Specific Student (Infant - 21 Years of Age) Demographic Focus:

All

Infant/Preschool

Elementary

Secondary Level

English Language Learner

Rural Setting

Urban Setting

Culturally Diverse

What other program characteristics are you interested in?Checking the "OSEP Funded Program" box below will LIMIT your search to ONLY those programs that have a combination of the above characteristics checked and OSEP Funded Programs. Leaving the box unchecked will allow you to view ALL programs including those with the above characteristics and OSEP Funded Programs.

The National Center to Improve the Recruitment and Retention of Qualified Personnel for Children with Disabilities (Personnel Improvement Center). A Cooperative Agreement, H325C080001, between the US Department of Education and the National Association of State Directors of Special Education. Project Officer: Maryann McDermott